Taking Back Sunday Review on Is This Music Magazine.

Incase you didn't notice in my last blog post, I wrote a review about the Taking Back Sunday show at the ABC in Glasgow, for Is This Music Magazine. It features a few of my photographs along with my thoughts. Go check it out, it gives an insight as to how amazing the bands gig was.
The link to the review is http://www.isthismusic.com/taking-back-sunday, or you can check it out below.
Thanks,
Nicola. x

Taking Back Sunday, ABC Glasgow, Live Photos.

On the 23rd August, I had the amazing opportunity of photographing Taking Back Sunday at the ABC, in Glasgow. Obviously I emailed back straight away with a yes, and I was off to the gig later that day. It's the first huge show that I have photographed since The View at Fat Sams in Dundee, and to be honest even it was probably half the size of this gig.
I went to pick up my photo pass at the door, and I have to admit I was totally nervous waiting for Taking Back Sunday to come onstage, even if I did only have about 5 minutes to think about it.The show itself was intensely energectic, nothing like I've ever photographed before, it was such an amazing atmosphere. If you've watched the band live, you'll know about Adam's mic swinging skills, well I was on my guard most of the time, but at one point near the end of the third song he threw it up in the air just above me...however it somehow luckily managed to land elsewhere! haha.





















...and as you can see by the red coloured photo on the right, I was pretty close to the band...and that isn't even showing exactly how close I was either as my camera is full frame...so that was a tiny bit embarrassing when I looked over the camera and realised...
To conclude this blog post before I start to get off-topic though...I had an absolutely amazing time! This gig has completely set the scales high for any other bands out there, and it was definitely my most favourite concert to photograph yet!
Please go see Taking Back Sunday live if you can, they are sensational.

All photos are uploaded to my Flickr account at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography

Is This Music Magazine have also featured a review I have written of the show along with my photos, go check it out, http://www.isthismusic.com/taking-back-sunday

Thanks, Nicola. x

August!

I can't believe it's August already! It's been a quiet Summer for Photography work, but I've been finishing off lots of loose ends, and gathering new ideas for the rest of the year so I'm really excited to finally get things rolling again.

Obviously when there's no bands to photograph, the next best thing is photographing locations, and I've come across a couple of gorgeous places, and as you can probably guess, the photos you are looking at is one of the locations. Luckily when I found this Church, it became really sunny, and pretty much only for the amount of time I was photographing it, so I was mega happy about that, haha. However it was such a lovely site that I don't think any type of weather change would have made it look any less beautiful.Nicola. x

New Website Design!

Hi everyone, the past few weeks I've been hard at work re-designing my website, and I'm really happy with the overall result. It probably should have looked like this a long time ago but it's all about learning!
The best thing about the new design is that the portfolio page is much more easy to navigate now, so please go have a look and check out the photos, I've added in a few different shots. http://www.nicolasharkeyphotography.com

Once again, hopefully I'll be posting more work soon, just waiting for the festival season to finish, and for bands to start touring again, then I'm ready to go!
Nicola. x

Sons and Daughters, SWG3 Glasgow, Live and Promo Photos.

Last night I had the pleasure of photographing Sons & Daughters live at their SWG3 gig, in Glasgow, along with some quick promo snaps of the band afterwards.
The show was in a warehouse venue called SWG3, which I genuinely think no-one had heard of before, but with the help of google maps we found out it was situated in the west end of Glasgow, which I personally adore. It was as you would imagine, a really cool venue to see the band perform in, and I hadn't actually seen Sons & Daughters live before, so overall it was a really good night.As you can probably guess, the first photo at the very start of this post is one of the promo photos of the band that I had taken after the gig, it was really awesome to get some snaps of the band altogether, and it was lovely to meet them.
I hope everyone enjoys the photos! There will definitely be more uploaded to Flickr, so go check it out. I'll leave you with one more shot below...

Nicola. x

The Graveyard, HD Video.

Remember I said there was going to be another part to my last blog post?...well it's finally here!
I found a lovely little church and graveyard last weekend, and decided it would be a perfect location to film my next video. It's something that I have been thinking about filming for quite a while, so I'm glad I finally got around to it.
I'm fairly pleased with the overall result even if it is a little short. I had only shot a limited amount of footage at the time, and it's really difficult to create a flawless video with little to work with. Let me know what you think.


Nicola. x

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Grey...

After travelling around most of the weekend in the hope of finding a location to photograph, I managed to successfully stumble upon a gorgeous derelict white mansion, which was originally built in the 1700's. The exterior of the building is significantly in good shape, and I think from what I've heard, there has been many plans proposed for the area, but I'm not sure if any of them have been accepted yet. I'll be watching out for any news, for sure.
The mansion is situated pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and as you can see by the first photo which is of the lane that leads to the building, the location is completely enclosed by trees. I actually had to climb through a small opening at the right side where people had previously entered, only to reach lots of nettles, and fences, so it's not really the easiest place to find, but that is probably why it is in such great condition.I hope to be posting a part two to this blog post fairly soon. It's not at the same location, but it is in the same area, so look out for that, I'm pretty excited about it.Nicola. x

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